Hackers charged with stealing over $100m in US army and Xbox technology

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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/30/four-hackers-charged-stealing-xbox-army-technology

By Nicky Woolf
theguardian.com
30 September 2014

Four men have been charged with breaking into the computer systems of 
Microsoft, the US army and leading games manufacturers, as part of an 
alleged international hacking ring that netted more than $100m in 
intellectual property, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

The four, aged between 18 and 28, are alleged to have stolen Xbox 
technology, Apache helicopter training software and pre-release copies of 
games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, according to an indictment 
dating from April that was unsealed on Tuesday.

Two of the hackers pleaded guilty earlier in the day, the DoJ said.

“These were extremely sophisticated hackers ... Don’t be fooled by their 
ages,” assistant US attorney Ed McAndrew said after a court hearing on 
Tuesday.

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